JWST’s First Color Image

Hubble vs Webb photo of the same area

Participating in duplicate information and internet memes is against the founding principles of this blog, but who am I if I don’t have a copy of this here?

This much-awaited image depicts a cluster of galaxies bending space time and magnifying light from much further away objects, alongside a handful of foreground Milky Way stars that show the hex-spike diffraction pattern.

This image marks a significant moment in the history of Homo sapiens.